Spirits are soaring in India’s “City of Joy” as tens of thousands of people jostle on Kolkata’s streets in celebration of “Durga Puja,” the most important festival of the Bengali ...

On 9 August, the Indian city of Kolkata was ... coming out on to the streets to demand justice.” The demand for justice for a woman resonates with Durga Puja anyway, a festival built around ...

inspired us to organise a Kolkata-themed artistic Durga Puja here. As a child, I loved the festival so much that it was always a dream to bring those grand festivities here. From the time we ...

So, the festival is a celebration ... about the buzzing environment during Durga Puja celebrations in Kolkata. “You can see people out on the streets, all dressed up, shopping and there is ...

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Durga Puja is a significant Hindu festival celebrated in various regions of India, including West Bengal and Kolkata. The festival involves grand processions, cultural events, and the installation ...

Kolkata and Durga puja are inseparable, for it contains the cultural pride of the state for many years. Each year in the approaching months of Durga Puja, the streets of Kolkata witness swarms of ...

One puja chose Lajja or shame as its theme to focus on the alleged rape and murder of the doctor On 9 August, the Indian city of Kolkata was shaken when a trainee doctor was found raped and ...